Magic Hands

Aimee and Ashley discover The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.  Look at what my hands can do!  Ashley and Aimee are off to a land of knights and castles. Pink Bird dresses as the lonely Lady of Shalott and sits and weaves in her island castle. Cast under a magical spell, she can only view the world through her magic mirror, but when she catches the reflection of Bobbles as the dashing Sir Lancelot she cannot resist a look. 

Simon and Donna discover The Little Big Man and Clouds and Waves, by Rabindranath Tagore.  Look at what my hands can do!  Some tiny shoes and a silken shirt take Donna, Simon and the Magic Hands creature crew on an adventure back in time. Simon goes to Bengal where he meets a little boy who dearly wants to be a grown up, while Donna meets a little girl and her mummy, played by Bobbles the Bear, who live by the sea and imagine playing with magical people who live in the clouds and the waves.

Donna and Simon discover The Sorcerer's Apprentice, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.  Look at what my hands can do!  Today, Dixie the Dog picks up a magic wand, casts a spell on a broomstick and ends up in all sorts of trouble. The Sorcerer's Apprentice has been left alone to tidy up and he commands Pink Bird, dressed as the broomstick, to perform his cleaning chores.  Donna and Simon bring us Goethe's classic poem about how the trainee's spell goes horribly wrong. Dixie watches in horror as Pink Bird turns the magician's workshop into a horrible watery mess. 

Donna and Simon discover The Tempest, by William Shakespeare.  Look at what my hands can do!  Donna and Simon sail the squally seas in a medieval ship. Leapy Lion and Pink Bird dress as Prospero and Miranda from The Tempest and show us what happens when meddling magical Prospero brews up some very stormy waves to cause a horrible shipwreck.